News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: Defendant Caused Explosion while Manufacturing Hashish Oil and Wax in his Apartment.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: Sergio Ambriz Charged Following Traffic Stop in Lee County, Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - The DEA is alerting all law enforcement, first responders and citizens to the confirmed overdose fatality attributed to the very potent and highly dangerous drug, carfentanil. A review of overdose investigation records provided to DEA’s Heroin Enforcement Action (HEAT) revealed the incident...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: LAKEWOOD-Stephanie Connolly has been selected as the new district manager for BLM Colorado’s Southwest District. Connolly will report to Colorado on May 29.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: On Friday, during the annual National Crime victims’ Service Awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., Attorney General Sessions recognized Shawn Partridge, director of the Family Violence Prevention Program (FVPP) for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, with the National Crime Victim Service Award. The Department of Justice bestows this honor to individuals or programs for exceptional service to victims of crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On April 16, 2018, Linda S. Ward, 55, of Caryville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Her sentencing hearing is set for 10:00 a.m., August 6, 2018, in U.S. District Court. She faces a 10-year mandatory minimum sentence.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today posted background information and bill text for H.R. 4, the “FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018," to its website. The page can be easily accessed through either a direct link to republicans-transportation.house.gov/FAA, or through navigation buttons on the front page of the Committee’s homepage.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: A Cleveland man was sentenced to nearly 16 years in federal prison for firing a shotgun during a carjacking in Euclid.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: A man who received child pornography was sentenced on April 12, 2018 to 15 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Three persons alleged to have been involved in engaging in the business of dealing in firearms without a license have made their initial appearances in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick along with Special Agent in Charge Fred Milanowski of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden, of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jose Fontanez, age 36, of Schenectady, New York, pled guilty today to stealing firearms from Target Sports, Inc., a federally licensed firearms dealer in Glenville, New York. Fontanez, whose criminal history includes a prior felony conviction, also pled guilty to possessing, concealing, and storing stolen firearms and being a felon in possession of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - On April 11, 2018, a federal jury convicted London physician Dr. Anis Chalhoub of health care fraud. The jury returned its guilty verdict after twelve days of trial, during which it heard evidence that Dr. Chalhoub defrauded Medicare, Medicaid, and other insurers by implanting medically unnecessary pacemakers in his patients and causing the unnecessary procedures and follow-up care to be billed to health insurance programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Debashis Ghosh, age 54, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced today to 57 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for conspiring to defraud a Plattsburgh, New York, company of $2.5 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Giokas, 58, of Clarence, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to wire fraud for defrauding numerous clients of his investment advisory firm out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Giokas, 58, of Clarence, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to wire fraud for defrauding numerous clients of his investment advisory firm out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: LAKEWOOD-- Cathy Cook has been named the new BLM Colorado Rocky Mountain District Manager. She will begin her new position on May 14.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Deloyd M. Lesane, age 38, of Syracuse, New York, pled guilty today to possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and fentanyl.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: PINEDALE, Wyo. - The Jonah Interagency Office (JIO) and Pinedale Anticline Project Office (PAPO) Boards of Directors will meet in Pinedale at the BLM Pinedale Field Office, 1625 West Pine Street on May 3, 2018. Both meetings are open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on April 13, 2018, Ryan L. Pieper (age: 33) of Green Bay, Wisconsin, appeared in federal court in Green Bay and was sentenced to 240 months in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine distribution ring in Northeast Wisconsin.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: Save the Redwoods League (League), the National Park Service (NPS) and California State Parks (State Parks) today announced a new commitment to heal previously-harvested redwood forests through a collaboration known as Redwoods Rising. One of the goals in the coming decades is to bring back stands of...
